Montréal and Home Again
And just like that the trip is over! We drove back to Ottawa yesterday. You know you've been away for a while when you return home and the wall calendar is...
St-Jean-Port-Joli to Brossard
Summer's here! We are enjoying hot sunny days, sailing in shorts, t-shirt, bare feet, and swimming at the end of the day to cool off. I thought the whole...
Saguenay Fjord to St-Jean-Port-Joli
This past week we spent 4 days exploring the Saguenay Fjord and then made our turn back. It's now hard to avoid the fact we're officially on the way home,...
Île d'Orléans to Tadoussac
We made it to Tadoussac and we've seen whales, so we're feeling good! We leave today to go up the Saguenay fjord, hoping the forecast of east winds proves...
Montréal to Île d'Orléans
Happy Canada Day! It's been a week of wet weather and happy travels. Sunday June 25 Last two locks Leaving Point-Clair and Lac St Louis, we went through the...
Prescott to Montreal
Sunday June 18 Departure We're off! It's Father's Day and exactly 2 years to the day when we left Parry Sound on our Great Lakes trip to move Heartbeat to...
Heartbeat heads northeast
Hello past subscribers! We're heading somewhere new so it's time to revive the Heartbeat newsletter. Here's Captain Andy on our shakedown cruise a few weeks...
June in the Thousand Islands
Dear family and friends, Happy summer to all! Here's the latest Heartbeat news. From June 6-24 we cruised from Heartbeat's new home in Prescott, up the St...
Thousand Islands
Our trip is over! We arrived in Prescott yesterday and are doing miscellaneous boat chores and town walks until Kevan picks us up later this afternoon to...
Lake Ontario
July 16-17 Toronto At the end of the last newsletter we were at the foot of the Welland Canal, with a tentative plan to explore Port Dalhousie on the south...
Lake Erie and the Welland Canal
Hello everyone - we made it through the Welland Canal! We are hot and tired after a 9 hour transit, but we are on Lake Ontario, yay! Here is a short diary of...
To Lake Erie
July 1-2 Grand Bend On Canada Day we sailed from Goderich to Grand Bend. It was a nice sail, with the winds increasing as we went but we got in before the...
Lake Huron
Happy Canada Day’s Eve to all! (Is that a thing?) We are at the Maitland Valley Marina in Goderich and just returned from a walk up the bluff to explore the...
Goodbye Parry Sound and Georgian Bay
Hello family and friends! We are at the town docks in Tobermory listening to the raindrops on the deck above. When it stops raining we'll go for a walk but...
Last Week of Summer
Bonus! We went sailing for one more week at the tail end of summer. The days are getting shorter and cooler, and I'm going back to work soon, so this was one...
Back to Parry Sound and Home Again
Latitude: 45 degrees 39.477 N Longitude: 75 degrees 72.515 W We're back home in Ottawa, having arrived this afternoon after a quick overnight stop in Toronto...
Exploring the North Channel
Latitude: 45 degrees 57.414 N Longitude: 81 degrees 38.467 W We are in Snug Harbour near Killarney, and staying two nights to wait out the weather forecast...
Along the North Channel to Little Current
Latitude: 46 degrees 01.864 N Longitude: 82 degrees 12.424 W Hi all - I'm writing from Logan Bay on the east side of Clapperton Island in the North Channel....
Week 1: After a False Start
Latitude: 45 degrees 53.880 N Longitude: 80 degrees 54.132 W Greetings from the Bustard Islands! We have only a very weak cell signal, that requires standing...
Test Post
I'm going to try this email newsletter for family and friends who may be interested in following our summer adventures on Heartbeat. We'll see how it works out.